Series synopsis
Rockstar is an American reality television series that premiered on CBS on July 11, 2005. It ended on October 19, 2006. It was created by Mark Burnett. It stars Dave Navarro, Brooke Burke, Jason Newsted and Tommy Lee.
Rock Star is a television series produced by Mark Burnett, David Geffen, Lisa Hennessy, and Al Berman in which aspiring singers from around the world competed to become the lead singer of a featured group.[1] It debuted on CBS on July 11, 2005, to mediocre ratings.
The show was hosted by television personality and commercial spokeswoman Brooke Burke and Jane's Addiction lead guitarist Dave Navarro. In season one Australian rock band INXS chose J.D. Fortune as their new lead singer. For season t ...
Premise
Rock Star is a television series produced by Mark Burnett, David Geffen, Lisa Hennessy, and Al Berman in which aspiring singers from around the world competed to become the lead singer of a featured group.[1] It debuted on CBS on July 11, 2005, to mediocre ratings.
The show was hosted by television personality and commercial spokeswoman Brooke Burke and Jane's Addiction lead guitarist Dave Navarro. In season one Australian rock band INXS chose J.D. Fortune as their new lead singer. For season two, the newly formed supergroup hard rock band, Rock Star Supernova chose Lukas Rossi as the lead singer.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Dave Navarro as Self
- Brooke Burke as Self
- Jason Newsted as Self
- Tommy Lee as Self
- Gilby Clarke as Self
- Dilana as Self
- Toby Rand as Self
- Magni Ásgeirsson as Self
Supporting cast
- Nate Morton as Self
- Tim Farriss as Self
- Andrew Farriss as Self
- Jon Farriss as Self
- Kirk Pengilly as Self
- Garry Gary Beers as Self
- Marty Casey as Self
- J.D. Fortune as Self
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 65 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 32 | July 10, 2005 | September 21, 2005 |
| Season 2 | 33 | October 19, 2006 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Dana Dismissed Reality Show Week 1 - The fifteen contestants perform their own choice of songs. The bottom three up for elimination were Dana from Reseda, California, J.D. (Jason Bennison) from Oaksville, Ontario, and Suzie from Toronto. After a brief consideration they sent 30-year-old Dana home. |
July 11, 2005 |
| 2 |
Rock the Vote Performance show week one. 14 remaining contestants perform the songs preselected by INXS. After nearly being eliminated Suzie and J.D. give much better performance. Suzie sings the Blondie song "Call Me", J.D. sings his prewritten arrangement of "California Dreaming" and the audience gets to vote for the first time. |
July 12, 2005 |
| 3 |
Wil Gets Cut Elimination show week one. The votes are tallied and INXS calls J.D. to the stage, much to his relief it's for an encore performance. The three with the fewest votes are Tara from Toronto, Wil from North Carolina, and Suzie for the second time. Tara sings "New Sensation." Wil sings "Need You Tonight." Suzie sings "Never Tear Us Apart." Wil goes home. |
July 13, 2005 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
S02E01 - Week One - In The Mansion episode The Contestants meet for the first time. |
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| 2 |
S02E02 - Week One - Performance episode All 15 contestants performed cover songs. Most of the rockers were praised for their performances (especially Dilana's version of Lithium and Lukas' version of "Rebel Yell"), but there was one notable bad performance in Chris Pierson's performance of "Roxanne" by The Police. They were judged by Dave Navarro, Tommy Lee, Jason Newsted, Gilby Clarke, and the album's producer Butch Walker. |
July 5, 2006 |
| 3 |
S02E03 - Week One - Elimination episode At the beginning of the episode, Supernova wanted to see an encore of one rocker, which was Dilana. Phil, Chris and Matt were placed in the bottom three based on votes from around the world. Magni, Ryan and Zayra were also in the bottom three at some time during voting. They each performed one cover song of their choosing. Elimination was based on this additional performance and their previous performance. Subsequently, Matt was chosen by the band to be eliminated. Despite praising his previous nights performance of "Yellow" by Coldplay, Supernova claimed that Matt's elimination was based on his song choice; Jason, in particular, had exhorted Matt to "bring the rock" with his selection, and Matt's choice of "Planet Earth" by Duran Duran was seen as not being nearly "rock" enough. |
July 7, 2006 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | CBS |
|---|---|
| First aired | July 11, 2005 |
| Last aired | October 19, 2006 |
| Status | Ended |